01-08-2011, 01:45 PM
I very much like to see manners being used. I feel it's a show of respect towards others and that everyone deserves respect until they prove unworthy otherwise.
I also feel it shows respect for ourselves in how we treat others.
I had never been on a forum until I ran into the sb and now here, and over time I've come to see too often misunderstandings because of keystroke communication and a lack of exchange with facial expressions ... thank goodness for those wonderful little smiles. They add huge dynamics to conversations both in a friendly manner and no so friendly manner and have a way of further getting a point across that simple words cannot.
I was raised old school and manners where expected in all areas of daily activities not just with please and thank you's. For instance, we all sat down to meals together and until every member was seated there was no grabbing of a bowl of potatoes or whatever. Broading house reaches too were no no's.
Belching or farting and not excusesing was rude ... infact you were expected to leave the room and not pollute it with your foul smell :tongue4: . Hats were never allowed to be worn at the table and if you accidently came to the table wearing one ... well, my dad had a long reach for a good cuff on the head ;fish;. I could list more examples but you get the picture. Those days seem to be long gone with kids coming in grabing food from the table and heading to the t.v room farting on their way past ya. These days as you walk down the street it's nothing to come upon a passerby yawning with mouth wide open. People accidently bumping into someone only to hear fuck you. To this day if I pass infront of someone in the grocery store who is looking for something on the self I will excuse myself. I had manners drilled into me and I'm not saying that too much isn't too much but I truely believe society in general could use more.
As for the pm you recieved I see it a little different than you. I would guess that it's a young cocky male. He refers to you as friend implying a certain amount of respect (on his level), and ending with YOUR VIEWS and smilie face as a gesture of friendliness. The idea that he is using cap letters doesn't come across to me as your typical yelling type but rather an extention of how much he values your opinion. I'm not trying to justify his keystroke-menship but I don't feel his intention is to be demanding. I could be wrong been down that road many a good time. It could be a disrepecful little shit either male or female.
I also feel it shows respect for ourselves in how we treat others.
I had never been on a forum until I ran into the sb and now here, and over time I've come to see too often misunderstandings because of keystroke communication and a lack of exchange with facial expressions ... thank goodness for those wonderful little smiles. They add huge dynamics to conversations both in a friendly manner and no so friendly manner and have a way of further getting a point across that simple words cannot.
I was raised old school and manners where expected in all areas of daily activities not just with please and thank you's. For instance, we all sat down to meals together and until every member was seated there was no grabbing of a bowl of potatoes or whatever. Broading house reaches too were no no's.
Belching or farting and not excusesing was rude ... infact you were expected to leave the room and not pollute it with your foul smell :tongue4: . Hats were never allowed to be worn at the table and if you accidently came to the table wearing one ... well, my dad had a long reach for a good cuff on the head ;fish;. I could list more examples but you get the picture. Those days seem to be long gone with kids coming in grabing food from the table and heading to the t.v room farting on their way past ya. These days as you walk down the street it's nothing to come upon a passerby yawning with mouth wide open. People accidently bumping into someone only to hear fuck you. To this day if I pass infront of someone in the grocery store who is looking for something on the self I will excuse myself. I had manners drilled into me and I'm not saying that too much isn't too much but I truely believe society in general could use more.
As for the pm you recieved I see it a little different than you. I would guess that it's a young cocky male. He refers to you as friend implying a certain amount of respect (on his level), and ending with YOUR VIEWS and smilie face as a gesture of friendliness. The idea that he is using cap letters doesn't come across to me as your typical yelling type but rather an extention of how much he values your opinion. I'm not trying to justify his keystroke-menship but I don't feel his intention is to be demanding. I could be wrong been down that road many a good time. It could be a disrepecful little shit either male or female.
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